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Veggies
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Myths Home-grown vegetables are cheaper than in the grocery Home-grown vegetables are more nutritious Home-grown vegetables have less pesticides
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Why grow vegetables at home?
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Freshness Texture
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Why grow vegetables at home? Freshness Texture
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Vegetable Gardens Raised beds (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/07842.html)http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/07842.html Benefits? Materials?
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Intensive Gardening
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Most Common Vegetables Sweet corn Beans Peas Tomato Lettuce Squash Peppers
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Sweet corn Plant in blocks… not single rows!
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Beans Pole or bush?
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Peas Two seasons (spring and fall)
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Tomatoes Staking needed! Avoid over-fertilization!
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Lettuce Two seasons (spring and fall) Bolting
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Squash Squash borer Powdery mildew
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Peppers Blossom end rot Bacterial rot
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